2012 Ginetta GT Supercup season

The 2012 Ginetta GT Supercup is a multi-event, one make GT motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in a Ginetta G55 or Ginetta G50 that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.

This season will be the second Ginetta GT Supercup, having rebranded from the Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and 2010.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Richardson Racing 2 Louise Richardson G50 1–3, 6 5 Andrew Richardson G55 All 25 Giles Dawson G50 9 77 Mark Davies G50 1–9 G55 10 Tollbar Racing with WIRED 3 Carl Breeze G55 1–3 22 Jake Hill G55 4–10 TCR 3 Carl Breeze G55 4–10 71 Jamie Orton G55 4, 6–10 Redbrick Racing 7 Max Coates G50 1–3, 5 Century Motorsport theplayer.co.uk/Century Motorsport G55 10 14 Declan Jones G50 4, 7–10 26 Hunter Abbott G55 All 32 Freddie Hetherington G55 8–9 45 Josh Wakefield G55 1–6 73 Nathan Freke G55 7 91 Fergus Walkinshaw G55 All IDL UK 10 Tom Sharp G55 All Privateer 11 Connaire Finn G50 4, 10 12 Reece Somerfield G50 1–2, 4–10 13 Ian White G50 5 52 Ian Parsons G50 1 79 Dan Norris-Jones G50 10 84 Brad Bailey G50 6 Sherwood Racing 28 James Owen G50 1–6, 8 Meridian Motorsport 46 Robert Gaffney G50 All Fauldsport 71 Jamie Orton G55 1–3 CWS 78 Colin White G55 All JHR Developments 80 Tom Ingram G55 All 95 Marcus Hoggarth G55 All HE Racing 88 Harry Cockill G50 8–10

Icon Class G55 Ginetta G55 G50 Ginetta G50

Race calendar and results

The series will last for 27 races over 10 rounds, and will support the British Touring Car Championship at all rounds.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	31 March	Tom Sharp	Andrew Richardson	Tom Sharp	IDL UK
	R2		1 April		Jamie Orton	Tom Sharp	IDL UK
	R3				Tom Sharp	Tom Sharp	IDL UK
2	R4	Donington Park, Leicestershire	14 April	Tom Sharp	Tom Sharp	Tom Sharp	IDL UK
	R5		15 April		Colin White	Tom Sharp	IDL UK
	R6				Tom Sharp	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
3	R7	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	28 April	Tom Sharp	Tom Sharp	Tom Sharp	IDL UK
	R8		29 April		Tom Sharp	Tom Sharp	IDL UK
	R9				Tom Sharp	Tom Sharp	IDL UK
4	R10	Oulton Park, Cheshire	9 June	Tom Ingram	Carl Breeze	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
	R11		10 June		Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
5	R12	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	23 June	Tom Ingram	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	TCR
	R13		24 June		Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
	R14				Josh Wakefield	Tom Sharp	IDL UK
6	R15	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	11 August	Tom Ingram	Carl Breeze	Jake Hill	Tollbar Racing with WIRED
	R16		12 August		Andrew Richardson	Carl Breeze	TCR
	R17				Tom Ingram	Tom Sharp	IDL UK
7	R18	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	25 August	Carl Breeze	Tom Ingram	Carl Breeze	TCR
	R19		26 August		Nathan Freke	Carl Breeze	TCR
	R20				Tom Sharp	Nathan Freke	Century Motorsport
8	R21	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	22 September	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
	R22		23 September		Andrew Richardson	Tom Ingram	JHR Developments
9	R23	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	6 October	Andrew Richardson	Andrew Richardson	Andrew Richardson	Richardson Racing
	R24		7 October		Andrew Richardson	Carl Breeze	TCR
10	R25	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	20 October	Mark Davies	Tom Ingram	Mark Davies	Richardson Racing
	R26		21 October		Tom Sharp	Mark Davies	Richardson Racing
	R27				Tom Sharp	Tom Sharp	IDL UK

Championship standings

A driver's best 25 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Pen. Pts G55 Supercup 1 Carl Breeze 4 12 Ret 2 2 4 3 9 3 2 2 1 2 2 4 1 3 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 719 2 Tom Sharp 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 1 3 4 1 7 4 5 Ret 6 5 2 Ret 4 1 9 714 3 Tom Ingram 2 Ret 10 3 3 1 2 2 Ret 1 1 2 1 3 2 Ret 5 2 2 DNS 1 1 4 5 4 6 2 658 4 Andrew Richardson 8 Ret 3 Ret NC NC 4 4 12 Ret Ret 5 5 4 5 3 2 3 6 4 7 2 1 4 Ret 2 4 469 5 Colin White 7 2 4 6 4 Ret 13 Ret 7 11 7 6 4 11 7 7 Ret 9 8 8 3 5 7 6 7 Ret 8 6 402 6 Hunter Abbott 5 5 Ret 5 12 3 6 11 4 4 3 12 6 8 17 9 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret 16 6 8 8 8 12 6 386 7 Jake Hill 6 5 4 11 6 1 2 Ret 5 5 3 6 4 3 3 3 5 7 6 375 8 Fergus Walkinshaw 6 3 Ret 8 7 5 5 Ret NC 8 10 7 10 Ret 10 6 Ret 11 Ret 7 Ret 8 8 7 6 10 5 322 9 Jamie Orton Ret 4 2 7 Ret 7 8 DNS DNS 5 6 6 5 4 6 7 11 Ret 7 Ret DNS DNS NC 6 6 271 10 Marcus Hoggarth 11 Ret 5 13 5 11 14 8 9 9 9 9 Ret 12 14 8 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 9 14 7 9 6 270 11 Josh Wakefield 3 Ret Ret 4 Ret 6 7 3 2 7 8 8 7 Ret 8 11 7 240 12 Nathan Freke 4 3 1 84 13 Mark Davies 1 1 10 82 14 Freddie Hetherington 12 9 9 12 53 15 Max Coates 5 9 16 41 G50 Cup 1 Mark Davies 9 9 7 10 8 9 9 5 8 10 11 11 8 5 9 10 8 8 9 DNS 4 13 11 11 766 2 Robert Gaffney 12 8 6 11 9 10 10 10 10 12 12 Ret 9 7 11 12 13 13 10 10 5 10 14 14 Ret 14 Ret 654 3 Reece Somerfield 14 Ret Ret 12 10 13 15 14 15 14 Ret 16 15 10 14 12 9 11 11 13 13 10 Ret 11 475 4 James Owen 16 11 11 14 11 14 15 Ret 11 14 16 14 13 10 15 16 12 10 14 356 5 Declan Jones Ret 13 10 11 DNS 8 15 12 10 9 12 14 285 6 Max Coates 15 6 Ret 9 6 8 12 7 6 10 Ret Ret 272 7 Louise Richardson 10 10 9 Ret Ret 12 11 6 5 13 13 11 258 8 Connaire Finn 13 15 12 13 15 116 9 Harry Cockill 9 12 Ret Ret 11 11 Ret 111 10 Ian Parsons 13 7 8 79 11 Brad Bailey 12 14 9 78 12 Ian White 13 12 9 78 13 Dan Norris-Jones 13 15 13 70 14 Giles Dawson 15 15 40 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Pen. Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

External links

• Official website